Season 3 Episode 24 - The Third Anglo-Ashanti War Part 2: the Burning of Kumasi

<p>As the Ashanti armies retreated back across the Pra River, Kofi Kakari and the Ashanti legislature were forced to admit defeat. They offered to concede on all of the British demands. However, the British commander Garnet Wolesly was not willing to accept these terms. Despite the pleas of others in the British colonial authority, Wolesly decided that there was only one way that the Anglo-Ashanti Wars would end: with the complete destruction of the Ashanti Empire.</p><strong><a href='https://theallunknowing.com/' target='_blank'>The (all) Unknowing</a></strong><br>What does it mean to know? Besides the obvious, it means that we stop considering what...<br><p>Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625429433' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5C8CCkTxJ3my8QDbh2Ud9m' target='_blank'>Spotify</a></p><a rel="payment" href="https://patreon.com/historyofafrica">Support the show</a>